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75 DIE IN HAVANA AS MUNITIONS SHIP EXPLODES AT DOCK; Government Said to Suspect Sabotages -- Castro Paper Hints at U.S. Role MORE THAN 200 INJURED Vessel's Stern Sinks -- Many Buildings Are Damaged -- Troops Ring District 75 Killed in Havana Explosion Of French Ammunition Vessel

By R. HART PHILLIPSSpecial to The New York Times. ();

March 05, 1960,

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HAVANA, March 4 -- Explosions on a French freighter loaded with ammunition and explosives for the Cuban Army rocked Havana today. Seventy-five to 100 were killed and more than 200 injured by the series of blasts.

March 05, 1960

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